Jason Croom

#18 · TE · Tennessee6′5″ · Norcross, GA

Jason Croom: TE · Tennessee · #18.

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Jason Croom

TE · Tennessee · #18

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Second year in the Tennessee receiving corps. A game that shows it: 54 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Ohio — Week 3, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Tennessee in the news

Napier fired as Florida coachOct 30
2027 CB Preston Glasco commits to TennesseeOct 29
Tennessee fires head coachOct 26
Tennessee AD criticizes officiatingOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Tennessee	21	242	11.5	0	30
2014	Tennessee	21	305	14.5	4	52
Career		42	547	13.0	4	52

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 45-24vs Virginia Tech	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 3	W 28-19vs Ohio	3	54	18.0	27	Season-high 54 yds
Wk 4	W 38-28vs No. 19 Florida	1	15	15.0	15
Wk 6	L 38-45@ No. 8 Texas A&M	3	41	13.7	26
Wk 9	L 21-24@ South Carolina	2	22	11.0	17
Wk 10	W 55-0vs Tennessee Tech	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 12	W 63-37vs Missouri	1	18	18.0	18
Wk 13	L 34-45@ Vanderbilt	7	38	5.4	14
Bowl	W 38-24vs No. 24 Nebraska	2	38	19.0	30
Total		21	242	11.5	30

Signature game

Week 3 · 2016

W 28-19

vs Ohio

3 rec · 54 yds

With J. Dobbs — 203 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.1 · 59 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · T. Daniel — 39.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 51 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Ohio · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 27 yds to the Ohio 40 for a
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 26 yds to the TexAM 40 for a
Week 3 · Ohio · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 19 yds to the Ohio 31 for a
Week 10 · Tennessee Tech · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 7 yds to the TnTch 38 for a TENNESSEE TECH Penalty, illegal helmet contact (Randy Lewis) to the TnTch 47 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA −1.65Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 8 yds to the Tenn 40 TENNESSEE Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Ethan Wolf) to the Tenn 25
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.44Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 6 yds to the Tenn 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.41Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 14 yds to the Vandy 32 for a
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.29Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 14 yds to the Tenn 42 for a
Week 4 · Florida · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.28Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 15 yds to the Fla 23 for a
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.20Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for a loss of 3 yards to the Vandy 37

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Butch Jones, all run-leaning offenses — 16-10 over that span.

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#104 / 674 · 84th pct

77.8%

EPA / target#282 / 674 · 58th pct

0.56

Explosive rate#351 / 674 · 48th pct

11.1%

Yards / catch#404 / 674 · 40th pct

11.5

TD rate#558 / 674 · 9th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#56 / 96 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#56 / 96 · 40th pct

11.5

Rec yards#60 / 96 · 37th pct

242

Long catch#66 / 96 · 30th pct

Rec TDs#90 / 96 · 4th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.5	23.5	14.5	0.0
Road3g	4.0	33.7	10.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	31.4	14.9	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	21.2	10.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

42.4%

377 pass / 512 run

Plays / game

68.4

13 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

404 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

21 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jason Croom

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Style of play

Fans

Tennessee in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

21 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at Tennessee

2012